Friday, September 14, 2012

All-Grain Version of the White House Honey Porter

In White House #HomeBrew Recipes, I told you that the White House had emailed me two beer recipes. Of course, they were extract recipes, and if I am going to brew one or both, I need all-grain versions.

I have not seen any all-grain versions of the recipes posted on the inter-webs, yet. So, I decided to go ahead and convert them. Of the two, I am more likely to brew the Honey Porter, so I started with that one. Chances are, I'll convert the other one soon.

The published recipes from the White House leave out some pretty important information. They don't mention original gravity of the wort or the target alcohol by volume. Of course you can get a general idea based on ingredients, but generally speaking, if you are sharing a beer recipe, these stats are important so that people with slightly different equipment and processes can adjust.

I came up with an 1.058 beer which should end up around 6% ABV. Based on the White House recipe, my IBUs are probably a little high, but I probably like a little more bitterness than our current Commander in Chief.

In case you are too lazy to follow the link I gave you above ... here is the recipe:

Ale to the Porter --- batch 1

Style

Robust Porter

Batch Size

5.50 gal

Type

All Grain

Boil Size

7.99 gal

Brewhouse Efficiency

75.00

Boil Time

90 minutes

Recipe Characteristics

Recipe Gravity

1.057 SG

Estimated FG

1.012 SG

Recipe Bitterness

34.0 IBUs (Rager)

Alcohol by Volume

5.8 %

BU : GU

0.598

Recipe Color

23.5 SRM

Color

Measured OG:

Measured FG:

ADF:

Measured ABV:

Ingredients

Ingredients

Amt

Name

Type

#

%/IBU

7 lbs 12.0 oz

Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM)

Grain

1

67.8 %

1 lbs 2.0 oz

Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L (20.0 SRM)

Grain

2

9.8 %

14.0 oz

Munich Malt (9.0 SRM)

Grain

3

7.7 %

8.0 oz

Black (Patent) Malt (500.0 SRM)

Grain

4

4.4 %

3.0 oz

Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM)

Grain

5

1.6 %

0.38 oz

Columbus (Tomahawk) [17.00 %] - Boil 45.0 min

Hop

6

21.7 IBUs

0.38 oz

Columbus (Tomahawk) [17.00 %] - Boil 30.0 min

Hop

7

12.3 IBUs

0.50 tsp

Yeast Nutrient (Boil 10.0 mins)

Other

8

-

0.50 oz

Hallertauer [4.80 %] - Boil 0.0 min

Hop

9

0.0 IBUs

1.0 pkg

Nottingham (Danstar #-) [23.66 ml]

Yeast

10

-

5.00 ml

Clarity-Ferm (Primary 2.0 weeks)

Fining

11

-

1 lbs

Honey (1.0 SRM)

Sugar

12

8.7 %

Mash Profile

Mash Steps

Name

Description

Step Temperature

Step Time

Mash In

Add 13.04 qt of water at 168.2 F

156.0 F

45 min

Batch sparge with 2 steps
(1.99gal, 3.99gal) of 168.0 F water

Note: it is very likely that I will continue to work on this recipe. The version here is a snapshot of my first pass. Any changes will be updated at Ale to the Chief: Honey Porter on the SheppyBrew website.

Let me know in the comment below if you have questions or comments on my conversion.